Wanting to go wizard.

[Tuljin]

Its very important to understand hardcap/softcap before you roll. Over the 200 INT softcap (or WIS) you get almost half of the mana per point as you do when under 200. Over the 255 hardcap you get nothing. Ideally you have as few INT points over the 200 softcap as possible.

Once you are over 200 you want to swap for pure HP or mana items, resist gear, etc. Some people have gear so uber they can't help but go over the 200 softcap.

Erudite has the highest base of the two main stats - INT and STA. Really all races offer decent Wiz stats and Dark Elf stats are really quite good. The high INT and STA of the Erudite offers some options when it comes to hitting the softcap, and also the racial 5 save magic is nice. Human with 15 STA and 15 INT isn't a horrible roll at all, either. Its all about knowing the deal with point allocation and softcap.

[Bweetza]

So what would you do if you wanted the optimal race, stat, deity allocation?

[Tuljin]

I would go Erudite with 25 STA and 5 INT or STR. If you want min/Max go Agnostic but really Sol Ro is tight for RP purposes. If you're talking min/max Eru has highest stats of the stats you need on an INT caster. They also have an edge with the +5 racial save magic.

Dark Elf Hide is good but you have to screw around with it until you actually con indifferent which kind of sucks. You don't need Hide to AFK there's just a ton of hot air and misinformation out there. If you are actually somewhere dangerous the last thing you're going to want to do is AFK, hidden or not.

Gnome also has high STA but lower INT. Gnomevision is nice as well. You can be an Bertoxx Gnome wiz which is cool. You can't be a Paineel Eru wiz and that is a little strange, you can even be a Paineel Eru Cleric. Tinkering is not bad either.

Objectively speaking High Elf has the worst stats.

Humans have nice balanced stats. The high STR is nice and if you roll 15 STA and 15 INT you end up with 100 base STA and 100 base INT when combined with the other Human stats you end up with a very statty toon.

That's my 2CP. I stopped listening to people that say you don't need HP on an INT caster a very long time ago.

[Bweetza]

Why is agnostic the best min/max deity choice? What is the downside to picking Sol Ro?

Again, thank you for the input. It's very helpful.

[Tuljin]

Agnostic is best min/max deity choice because it minimizes the chance of NPCs being hostile based on your deity, it will only be based on race. Many Enchanters go agnostic so they can cast their Illusions and enter cities without the chance of being attacked based on deity.